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GRAIN BINDER.

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enr cinicssron coming; e on Letters IPstent No. 252,237, dated January 10, 1832.

- Applicniion insammm, 1881. Model) the ncccinpnnyin g drawings, in which-- Fignre i isnneievntion of the inachineflooking on one side. Fig. 2 is an elevation, lookme on the opposite side. Fig.3 iss chain with she nope}: piaie removerh- Figs. 4, 5, 6, 7, 8,

ii, iii, i.i,nnd iii are detail rises. Figsdfi, ii, iii, nod are views of modifications.

My ini'gironeinenl; relates to grain-binders in which n. cord or string; is used; and it consists consirnciion and arrangement of ports heieinniiei' more fnliy described.

in hhe drawings, B represents applets, which i denoininnie the body-plate, and which forms n port of the platform upon which the grain is received preparatory to binding. On the underside of the body-plate are two or moi-e sends, a a, riveted to the plate and forming the meanings for a shaft, 6, which turns freely therein. To this shaft are secured, by means of keys or other'snitsble means, come 3, 4-, 5, and ii, by which the various parts of ihe mechnnism nre operated. To the bottom of the studs n n is attached aplale, A, by which the operating pores are supported at thelront end of the machine.

Ilhe inc ing device consists of the shaft I), fixedly ntiached in on angular or inclined posiiion in o siniionsry heering,E, said shaftbeing provided with c screw-thread, b, Fig. 9, and of on oiiierior collar, D", resting outside ihe shaft end honing; a pic, c, which engages with him hrends. ilrsiheeoiisris tnrnedin one direction the other it runs on and down on the screw.

T is n spindle passing looscl i lhi'ongh the sheii; D, having at its iop hock, (i, foi'catching the cord and lying the knot, and having niso pivoted to iis side, near ihc top, a latch, f, which rests in a slot, 9, of the shaft and opernles to hoid the cord while heing; looped, as nili presently he described. The latch i'ollsto n horizontal position and rests noon n shoni 5c der, h, when ihe spindle is rniseihand isdrawn into the tube with the spindle when the spindie is lowered. J

z is nhloch secured on the upper end of col lar I), having in its upper end a slot in which rests n spiral-spring guard-wire, k, attached at 5 5 its lower end to or within the block, its upper end making; a full turn and a, little more, and projecting beyond ihe hlock,- as shown at k. Behind the projecting end To, and between ii. and the block, is a groove, 1, which receives the cord to carry it around in the act of looping, as will he hereinafter described. A pron g, j,inside the projecting point is used for catchin g and holding the cord more securely. This prong prevents the cord,'when dcawn vertically, from getting between the collar and screw. When the cord enters behind ihespring end is the latter yields onward, to dilow the co diopass, endnvzhcoiihenordi has once entered the spring end presses forward again, holding the cord by its elasticity.

G is a double armed rock-lever, pivoted at m, with its arms n n extending on opposite. sides of the machine, 'as shown in the plan View Fig. 3.

To the arms are attached chains H H, which extend to and wind upon the collar D in reverse directions. As the lever is rocked back. ward and forward, it; will be seen that the collar I) will he correspondingly turned forward and back, and will correspondingly move up and down on the screw D, eshefore described, The shank o of the rock-lever extends book beyond the pivot: m, so that as the, shaft; G is turned the rock-arm will he vibrated forward and back by the reverse'or alternhte action of the cams 3"and i, which strike the shank on opposite sides of the'pivot m'.

i is a. vertical TOGibShfifi? on one side of the machine, having its hearings in the two plates 13 A. To the bottom of this sheila are rigidly attached two arms, K K, which inrn Willi if, and to the top of the shaft is attached a third arm, L, which, however, is not rigidly attached to the shaft,hntis attached to a hub, p,i'vhich turns freely on the upper jonrnalcd end, 6, of the shaft.

Fig. 4 is an elevation of the shaft and the arms, and Fig. 5 is a. crosssection of the shaft and a plan of the lunc arm's, together with I scribed;

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the shear arrangement shown at the top of said figure. The outer ends of all three arms have V-shapcd notches q g, which receive the cord and carry it up to the binding apparatus. When the arms move forward to catch and carry up the cord these notches all come in the same vertical line and move in the same position till the cord is carried to place.

The rock-shaft receives motion in reverse directions by means of two angular pins, 1' and s, the first of which, r, is acted on by the cam 5 to throw the shaft one way, and the last, .9, is acted on by a pin, t, attached to main shaft 0, which strikes it to throw it in the other direc tion. These movements are properlytimed to throw the arms to bring the cord up to the looper and iznottcr.

To the hub 19 is attached a projecting arm, a, which engages with the cam 5, and to the back of the arm L is attached a head,o, which engages with the cam 6. The cam 6, striking this head, forces the arm forward with the cord, while the earn 5, striking the arnr 11/, which has been thrown across its patln-fiirces the hubnnd the arm L back again;

On the lower arm, K, are two fixed pins or studs, w w, standing nprightat some distance apart, (Figs; 4 and 5,) between which pins rests the long arm at of a shear-cutter, M, which is pivoted at the opposite end at y between two plates, N N, on the opposite side of the machine. The cutter has ahead, 2, which strikes closely between the plates, which at that point are somewhat notched, as shown in Fig. 5. The uppered ge ofthecu tter is sharp-edged, and the lower edge is rounded, Fig. 6, and the plates N are correspondingly shaped, the upper plate being sharp-edged and the lower one rounded Where the cutter tits. By this means when the cutter is forced between the plates, with the cord resting over the same, the cord, when it passes between the plates, will have its upper length severed or cut by the sharp edge, while the lower length will be simply pinched and held between the rounded edges. The length severed is thatwhich passes around the bundle, while the length pinched and held is that which extends up and is connected with the binder-arm, and which, in that condition,

is ready for a new bundle. .The arms K K are far enough apart to extend above and below the plates N N, and as they move up they carry the cord with thcm,and that part ofthe' cord which =;extcnds from arm to arm is brought around the head of the cutter,-and the latter then car- I ries it--between the plates N N, as before de- The 'upper arm, L, also passes be tween the body-plate l3 and aplate, 0?,on its under-side, and the cord which is carried for ward by this upper arm is also clamped and I held for the time being;firmly in place.

I is a clamp, consisting of two spring-arms, 1) b separated at their oute'r ends, and which standin line with but above the notched ends of the arms K K, and'which, as the said arms icarry the cord up, catch the length of cord beare as effective on a doubled as upon a single length of cord.

To the bottom of the spindle F, which carries the hook and latch,is attached a horizontal arm 0 'Fi .1 which connects at its on osite end with a vertical rod, R. The top of rod R is pivoted at d to a rock-arm, S, the oppo site end of which is pivoted at to a lag, g

of'the bodvplate B. Under the rock-arm S f rests a roller or pin, h, attached to the upper end of an inclined roclr-lcver,'l, which is pivoted centrally at i to a hanger, 7t, extending down from the body-plate. Fig. 10 is a side viewof this apparatus. The lower end of the roclclevcr T projects in ward,and is in position to' be operated by the cam 5. .i

On one side of the rod It is a roller or stud, l", which is acted upon by the stiff pin or crankarm t, projecting from thcmain shaft 0. The cam 5, striking the rock lever '1, causes the same to move the roller it forward and raise the arm S, and consequently raise the spindle F through the medium of the connectionsfllt a". top of the roller 1 on rodlt and forces the spindle down again. The parts are properly timed to produce the desired effect. A spring, n3, is used, bearing under the rock-arm t3,- to assist in raising the same. From the above description the operation will be readily understood. The end of the cord extending from reel is pinched and held by-the cutter-head, the cord being connected with a binder-arm which rises and falls in front of the three arms K K L. The binder-arm, passing up, leaves the length of cord behind. After the bundle has been gathered against the-cord the binder-arm descends, carr *ing the cord down on the opposite side of the bundle and to a point below the two lower arms, K K,

The arms K K and L now move up to place, carryingthe cord with them. Thenpperlcngths of the cord, which are tight around the bun dle on topof the body-plate B, are pinched up tight by the arm L and held in that position with the tension on the handle. The lower arms, I; K, carry the cord between the clamps b b and also up to the cutter, where it is carried between the plates N N, the upper length being cut off and the lower one pinched. in place. The doubled ends of the cord holding the bundle arenow free below, except the hold they have in the clamps 1) b begins its work. The cord is so laid that it comes in the groove between the spring-wire k 'and the prong'j, and also passes behind the projecting latch f. This latch holds the upper partofthe cord stationar The collar D now revolves, rising as it revolves, and the cord in the reverse action the pin t strikes on FOO The looper now resting in the groove is carried with it, making a loop, as shown in Fig. 7. When the loop is made the length of cord slips over the top of the shaft D, and is carried across under the hook, as shown in Fig. 8. The spindle F then draws down the hook, drawing the cord into the hollow shaft D and forming the knot, and the latch withdrawing to release the cord. While the cord is being looped the clamps b I) hold the loose ends with sufficient tension to keep the cord straight; but the ends finally pull out and release the cord, when the operation is complete.

The hook is made sharp-edged on its under side, as shown in Fig. 11, so as to out the cord when the knot is drawn tight, and thus free the parts.

. Various modifications may be used. In Fig. 13 the looping devices stand horizontally,and a double-threaded instead of asinglethreaded screw is used. The collar D is also cogged on its outer surface, and with it engages a cograck which extends fromarm to arm of the rock-lever, being used in place of the chains. In Fig. 15 a flat spring with a bent end is used in place of the spring-wire 7c, and a projection at the side is used in place of the latch. H In Fig. 16 the latch is shown pivoted to the shaft D instead of to the spindle F, audit is opened and closed by the spindle as it runs up and down.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In agrain-binder,the combination of the fixed screw-shaft D, the hollow collar D, engaging with, the screw'shaft and provided at it is top with the spring-wire k and prongj, and the spindle F, passing through the shaft D, provided at its top with the hook d and on its side with the pivoted la'chf, as shown and described, and for the purpose specified.

2. The combination, with the rock-shaft I, of the two armsK K, attached fast to the bottom of the shaft, and the single arm L, turning on theupper end, said arms having at their outer ends notches for catching the binding-cord and carrying itforward in position to he acted upon by the cutter-head and loopingdevice, as herein shown and described.

3. The combination, with the arm L, having a hub which turns freely on the upper end of shaft I, of an arm, u, engaging with the cam 5, and the projecting head 1;, engaging with the cam 6, as shown and described, and forthe purpose specified.

4. In combination with the arms K K, the cutter M, having a shank, m, which rests between pins to 20, attached to the lower arm, and plates N N, between which the cutter is pivoted, said cutter having a sharp cutting-edge at its top which engages with a corresponding sharp edge of the upper plate and a rounded edge at its bottom which engages with a rounded edge of thelower plate, as and for the purpose specified.

5. The combination,with the swinging arms K K L and looping apparatus D D, of the spring-clamps 11 b arranged in the same (ioncentric line with the notches or fingers atthe 'outer ends of the swinging arms, for the purpose of catching and clamping the cord as it is carried forward by the arms, and holding it with sufficient tension while the cord is being looped, as herein shown and described.

. In witness whereof I have hereunto signed my name in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOSEPH M. MGMASTER.

Witnesses:

R. F. Oseoon, JACOB SPAHN. 

